[QUOTE="tagyhag"]The standards to this day though, are even higher.sikanderahmed

yet halo reach destroyed every pc game ever created

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]

Halo just took a bunch of ideas from PC shooters, simplified them, and polished them really well. It also introduced the absolute bane of the modern shooter genre: regenerating health. It might work in Halo, but it does make it less challenging overall (being able to hide and go back to nearly full health), and does horrible things for games like Medal of Honor, where the idea that someone who gets injured, can just "think" themselves better.

locknload18

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/halo/video/6076161/halo-combat-evolved-video-review?tag=summary;watch-review

You heard that right, he said Halo stands up against the high standards of PC shooters. This is has to be one of GameSpot's top 10 most controversial reviews. This has been an ongoing argument, whether or not Halo (or any game in the main Halo series) withstands against the PC's high quality standards of first-person shooters. This guy, thinks so. He's been one of the most prominent, and well-respected game editors on GS, before his departure in 2007. He did give some controversial reviews, but this is one of the most that stands out the most.

So, do you think Greg Kasavin gave a fair and well constructed review? Or is he just a blind Halo fanboy? You be the judge, I'm arguing with myself whether or not I agree with him.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/halo/video/6076161/halo-combat-evolved-video-review?tag=summary;watch-review

Why am I posting this link? I like to see how many negative or positive responses it will attract from this thread, for "teh lulz" that is.

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]

Wow... there is just so much wrong with this thread. Halo hasn't done much at all for the console shooter genre. Goldeneye and Perfect Dark did far more. Halo just took a bunch of ideas from PC shooters, simplified them, and polished them really well. It also introduced the absolute bane of the modern shooter genre: regenerating health. It might work in Halo, but it does make it less challenging overall (being able to hide and go back to nearly full health), and does horrible things for games like Medal of Honor, where the idea that someone who gets injured, can just "think" themselves better.

DarkLink77

[QUOTE="Trozyn"]

Didn't Halo: CE won GameSpot's FPS of the year award of 2001? Halo: Reach will probably win GameSpot's FPSOTY award. I can't see any other shooter doing so, except for maybe Bad Company 2.

Also, don't argue with fanboys. It's rather pointless.

locknload18

To be clear, the first game with akimbo weapons was actually Marathon which was MADE BY BUNGIE:

OB-47

Marathon > Halo

I just pissed off Halo fanboys and non-Halo fanboys alike.

[QUOTE="Trozyn"]

[QUOTE="locknload18"] If Halo smacked around PC Shooters around like its nothing, then how come your precious Halo series failed to get Overall GOTY here at Gamespot in 2001, 2004 and 2007. How come Halo 2 failed to get Best Overall Shooter here at Gamespot in 2004....that award went to Half-Life 2, on PC. If Halo smacks around PC shooters like it's nothing, how come Halo 2 failed to get Overall GOTY for 2004 at many other places like AIAS, Game Developers Choice Awards, IGN....guess which game did get the award...Half-Life 2, on PC. How come Halo 3 didn't win Gamespot's award for Best Shooter in 2007.....guess which FPS got that award....Crysis...again, on PC. If the Halo series is soooo godly, how come it failed to capture the award for Best Shooter here at Gamespot those years? How come a Halo game has never won an GOTY here at Gamespot......and why did Halo 2 have it's ass handed to it when it was time to hand out awards in 2004 at GDC and AIAS? Recharge Shields?....Giants Citizen Kabuto had that a full year before Halo. Tribes had rechargeable shield packs too. Dual wielding?....there were games that did that before Halo. Being able to choose which two separate weapons you dual wielded?...Clive Barker's Undying did it first and just as good.Cronik959

Also, don't argue with fanboys. It's rather pointless.

and you're proving to be no more of a fanboy.

[QUOTE="Trozyn"]Didn't Halo: CE won GameSpot's FPS of the year award of 2001? Halo: Reach will probably win GameSpot's FPSOTY award. I can't see any other shooter doing so, except for maybe Bad Company 2.

Also, don't argue with fanboys. It's rather pointless.

Wanderer5

I think it did, but in 2001 GS split the PC and console into category of their own.

Christ almighty, this thread has become a warzone for Halo fanboys and Halo haters. Not to mention regular Halo fans and the "Halo is overrated" crowd. These arguments never end well. People should avoid universally topical Halo threads, they always end in **** storms. It's like this at almost every non-Halo related gaming message board.

Mods, lock this thread NOW!